Casket-truck.



No. 870,058. PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907., r. P. SPARMAKER. GASKET TRUCK.

APPLICATION IILED 'APR. 17 1907.,

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F. P. SPARMAKBR.

GASKET TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11'. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. SPARMAKER, OF WOODBURY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO H. S. EOKELS &COM- PANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GASKET-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov; 5, 1907;

Application filed April 17. 1907- Serial No. 368.6%5.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. SPARMAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Woodbury, in the county of Gloucester and State of NewJersey, have invented a certain new and useful Casket-Truck, of whichthe following is a specification.

One object of the present invention is to provide a collapsible truck soconstructed, arranged and connected that it may be folded into smaller,more regular and less bulky compass for transportation and storagepurposes than those trucks now upon the market.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a truck havingmore stability without increasing the weight thereof, over existingtrucks of like character.

A still further object is to provide an improved truck that may by thetelescopic arrangement of its parts be readily folded and unfolded.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the in-' vention stated ingeneral terms comprises the improvements to be presently described andfinally claimed.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention Will be morefully understood from the following specification taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, and in which Figure1, is a view in elevation of one side of the truck of the invention.Fig. 2, is a view in elevation of one end of the same. Fig. 3, is aperspective view of the truck showing it in semi-folded position. Fig.4, is a similar view of the same in folded position, and Fig. 5, is asectional view of one of the telescopic posts and legs.

In the drawings a, b, c, and d, are legs formed from tubing. Associatedwith the legs and having telescopic relation therewith so as to formstandards are posts preferably formed from tubing a N, c, and (P. Theadjoining pairs of legs upon either side are connected by a pair of barsa and f, pivoted at their inner ends to said legs at 1, and extendedupward upon a curved line to the center line of the truck side, wherethey meet and are pivoted at 2. A pair of grips or handles g, see Fig.3, extend inwardly from this point and facilitate in the carrying of thetruck in folded position from point to point. The adjoining pairs ofposts upon either side have pivoted as at 3, at their upper extremitiesinwardly extended bars h, and i, that meet in the center line of thetruck side and are pivoted at 4. Pivoted also to the said posts at 3,and extended outwardly to 'form supports that terminate in handles arebars j, and 70. Between the pivotal points 5, upon the said bars and thepivotal points 1, upon the legs, are connecting bars L and m.

n, and O, are a pair of bars pivoted together at the point 6, andextended upward in general V-shape and pivoted at 7, to the bars h and'i. These bars n and 0, intersect and have pivotal relation with thebars e and f,

at 8. The adjoining posts, at the respective ends of the truck, are attheir upper extremities pivotally provided at 9, with bars 1) and q,that extend inwardly and meet at the center line of the truck end andare pivoted at 10.

r and s, are bars connecting the bars 10 and q, with the legs at thepivotal points 11 and 12, and intersect each other at the pivotal point13.

By using bars of curved outline the truck is made to appear more sightlyand ornamental.

The legs a, and c, are bifurcated as at t, for the reception of rollersor casters u. The remaining legs of the truck are preferably providedwith swivel rollers v, as shown in Fig. 5. As shown the roller 1), isswiveled to the block D1, which is inserted within the hollow leg andmay be secured thereto as by the pin '0 The upper part of the telescopicpost may be roughened or notched as at w, to prevent slipping of acasket when in position upon the truck. A plug w may also be provided togive a finished appearance to the post.

By the telescopic relation of the standards locking parts are dispensedwith for the reason that when the standards are in normal position theyrest upon the bottom interiors of the legs and thus tend to preventspreading of the parts. Also the telescopic standards permit of theparts being readily opened and closed. This is possible since thestandards, having attached thereto, a portion of the lazy tongs,naturally gravitate when the truck as a whole is pushed away from thebody of the person using the truck and this gravitation of the standardsobviously causes the lazy tongs to spread in an easy manner. It has beenfound that trucks having a mere lazy tongs connection between stationaryposts cause much inconvenience due to the fact that the pivotal pointsbind when the truck is open and it becomes necessary to spread the lazytongs with the hands. The telescopic standards are also useful in thatthey permit of the truck being folded into less bulky shape, since agreat portion of the truck that ordinarily would be the width of thetruck is carried up into height, thus making a more or less elongatedshape.

The above described truck arranged, connected and constructed to acttelescopically through the intervention of a series of lazy-tongspossesses among other things the advantage of being folded into arectangular body of substantially regular outline, which obviously isadvantageous in transportation or storage. It is light, strong anddurable and the parts are very free in their action, and a persongrasping the pair of end handles when in the position shown in Fig. 4,and pushing the truck outward or away from the body, the truck willspread out muchas in the position in Fig. 3, and eventually assume itsnormal position, Fig. 1, without other attention and is ready for thereception of a casket. There are no locking parts, or stays to preventspreading and the Weight of the casket serves to keep the truck firm. I

I do not intend by the use of the above language to limit my inventionfurther than the prior state of the art may require, but

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A collapsibletruck comprising a plurality of two part telescopically fittedstandards, and a series of lazy tongs arranged, connected and disposedbetween each adjacent pair of standards both at the sides and endsthereof.

2. A collapsible truck comprising a plurality of twopart telescopicallyarranged standards, a lazy-tongs con nection between each adjacent pairof standards both at the sides and ends of the truck so arranged,constructed and connected in relation thereto that a portion of thelazy-tongs are carried by each of the respective members of the two-partstandards.

3. A collapsible truck comprising a plurality of two part telescopicallyarranged standards of which some of the parts form legs and the otherparts are movable verti cally thereof, a lazy-tongs connection betweeneach adjacent pair of standards at the sides of the truck comprising aseries of intersecting bars pivotally connected together. at their innerends and pivotally connected at their intersection and also pivotallyconnected at their outer ends to the legs, and oppositely arranged barspivotally connected to said intersecting bars and pivoted together attheir in ner ends and having pivotal relation with the upper end of saidvertically movable parts and a lazy-tongs connection at the ends of saidtruck.

-l. A collapsible truck comprising a plurality of twopart telescopicallyarranged standards of which some of said part form logs and the otherparts are movable vertically thereof, a lazy-tongs connection betweeneach adjacent pair of standards both at the sides and ends of the truckso constructed, arranged and connected that a portion of the saidlazy-tongs are pivotally carried by the legs and movable partsrespectively, a-pair of supports pivotally secured to the said movableparts at each end of the truck and projected outward beyond the same anda pivotal link between each of the said supports and legs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

FRANK P. SPARMAKER. Witnesses H. S. ECKELS, W. .T. JACKSON.

